Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1928

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,206
2	William	994
3	Robert	992
4	Charles	951
5	John	768
6	Donald	391
7	George	380
8	Paul	324
9	Harold	307
10	Jack	297
11	Richard	291
12	Thomas	277
13	Edward	238
14	Harry	213
15	Billy	211
16	Joseph	202
17	Kenneth	201
18	Carl	200
19	Ralph	189
20	Herbert	187
21	Frank	177
22	Eugene	176
23	Howard	173
23	Roy	173
25	Raymond	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	163
27	Clarence	159
27	Earl	159
29	Walter	136
30	Ray	132
31	Fred	120
32	Albert	118
33	Ernest	116
34	Alfred	108
35	Junior	107
36	Gene	104
37	Arthur	98
38	Henry	95
39	Lawrence	94
40	Joe	92
41	Bernard	88
41	Russell	88
41	Samuel	88
44	Leonard	85
45	Ronald	82
46	Cecil	80
47	Norman	78
48	Clifford	75
48	Clyde	75
50	Elmer	73
50	Gerald	73
50	Lewis	73
53	Bobby	69
54	Homer	67
55	Louis	66
56	Glen	65
57	Arnold	62
57	Virgil	62
59	Melvin	59
60	Marvin	58
61	Herman	55
62	Glenn	54
63	Bill	53
63	Vernon	53
65	Floyd	52
66	Daniel	51
67	Hubert	50
68	Edwin	49
68	Jesse	49
70	Stanley	47
71	Willard	45
72	Calvin	44
72	Curtis	44
72	Lester	44
72	Lloyd	44
72	Willie	44
77	Francis	42
78	Edgar	41
78	Guy	41
80	Chester	40
80	Delbert	40
80	Leroy	40
83	Dale	39
83	Dennis	39
83	Everett	39
86	Jimmie	38
87	Alvin	37
87	Andrew	37
87	Jimmy	37
87	Johnny	37
91	Allen	36
92	Darrell	35
92	Wayne	35
94	Dewey	34
94	Leon	34
96	Billie	33
96	Claude	33
96	Denver	33
96	Frederick	33
100	Harvey	32
100	Roger	32
100	Theodore	32